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Verified RealPolice Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers
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Weird history on May 6
1840 Oddly trueThe Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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1835 First everJames Gordon Bennett, Sr. publishes the first issue of the New York Herald.
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1542 Oddly trueFrancis Xavier reaches Old Goa, the capital of Portuguese India at the time.
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Vintage clipping · 1905
Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.), May 6, 1905
Page 9 · mentions "meteorite" · printed on this very day
“STATE HOUSE More Appointments to Be Made by Governor Uitomobile Registration Law Goes Into Effect June I Railroad Commissioners at PortlandDe partment Notes Mnnnfj the other nominations which wjn b made by Governor Cobb …”
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